Duke of Halland Prince Bertil is standing on a vessel and have looked back, 1972 - Vintage Photograph

Duke of Halland Prince Bertil is standing on a vessel and have looked back Prince Bertil of Sweden (Bertil Gustaf Oskar Carl Eugén, 28 February 1912 – 5 January 1997), Duke of Halland, was a Swedish royal prince. The third son of King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden and his first wife, Princess Margaret of Connaught, he was a paternal uncle of King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden and a maternal uncle of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark and Queen Anne-Marie of Greece through his sister, the late Queen Ingrid of Denmark (née Princess Ingrid of Sweden). Bertil was born 28 February 1912 at Stockholm. Bertil became a naval officer and during the Second World War he served as Swedish naval attaché at the embassy in London. In 1943, Bertil had met his longterm partner, Welsh commoner Lilian Craig. However, in order to preserve his place in the royal succession, Bertil and Lilian did not marry for decades, but lived together discreetly, as a fully private arrangement, from the 1940s until their marriage was announced and took place in 1976. Photo Taken - 08 August 1972

Dimensions: 26.9 x 21.3 cm

IMS SKU: SCAN-NOP-00538431

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